No lines at SIMAPA Ajijic during January collections

Sofía Medeles (Ajijic). – The collection of the Municipal System of Potable Water and Sewerage (SIMAPA) Ajijic, has been slow, according to the head of the agency in the delegation, Timoteo Aldana Pérez.  He asked for the cooperation of the people to pay their bills.

According to the interviewee, Ajijic is the delegation with the least number of defaulters, since there is a good culture of payment here, but in recent years they have been slower to pay, due to the pandemic situation and the slow economy that this entails.

They do not have an estimate of what percentage has paid, since the final data will not be available until March. He believes that 40 percent of Ajijitecos are delinquent, and of that number 20-40 percent have very late accounts. «We are not looking to cut or reduce the service of debtors, but to invite them to pay,» he stressed.

«The municipal president, Alejandro Aguirre Curiel, gave us orders to arrange discounts during the first months of the year. People in general who have no debt are given a 20 percent discount if the house is in their name and they pay at least the minimum. The agreements can be made throughout the year, the idea is to get people to pay,” explained Aldana. 

Timoteo Aldana Pérez, the head of SIMAPA Ajijic, said that «Payments this year have been very slow.”

Aldana.  said that to provide adequate service to all residents, everyone needs to pay their bill.  SIMAPA has debts, personnel, and supplies to be paid.  A higher collection rate makes it easier for them to offer a more efficient service.

Aldana emphasized that during the previous administration the needs of Ajijic were not fully covered. One of his goals for 2022, is to have all homes in Ajijic receive water service at least for twelve continuous hours, if not all day.

Aldana said that he has not received instruction for part of the money collected from the payment of water to remain in the delegation, as the municipal president promised in his campaign, since their priority is to have both current payments and the necessary material for their work.  

Translated by Nita Rudy